A jury awarded $185 million in punitive damages last month in a lawsuit against retailer AutoZone Stores Inc. It was alleged in the lawsuit that a female employee who complained about gender... Read more

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has published its Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Performance and Accountability Report. The report details activities from October 1, 2011, to Septemb... Read more

A federal jury has awarded nearly $888,000 in damages to a man who said his Idaho employer discriminated against him because he is Hispanic. Ricky Garcia began working for PSI Environmental... Read more

Washington State University has agreed to pay $650,000 to settle a racial discrimination lawsuit brought by two former employees of Chinese descent. The settlement will pay $325,000 each to... Read more

The Department of Justice has settled its lawsuit against the Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation (MGIC) for discriminating against women on maternity leave in violation of the Fair Hous... Read more

According to a court ruling in a New York federal court last month, the amount of back wages owed minorities affected by discrimination in the city’s firefighter entrance exams could be more... Read more

An Ashland, Ky., credit card processing company has agreed to pay $365,000 to 11 former employees who said they were sexually harassed by the company’s owner. The U.S. Equal Employment Oppor... Read more